1954 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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![]() Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout | |||||
Race details | |||||
Date | 5 September 1954 | ||||
Official name | XXV Gran Premio d'Italia | ||||
Location | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy | ||||
Course | Permanent road course | ||||
Course length | 6.300 km (3.915 miles) | ||||
Distance | 80 laps, 504.000 km (313.171 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny, mild, dry | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:59.0 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | ![]() | Ferrari | |||
Time | 2:00.8 on lap 2 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Mercedes | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1954 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 5 September 1954 at Monza. It was race 8 of 9 in the 1954 World Championship of Drivers. The 80-lap race was won by Mercedes driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from pole position. Mike Hawthorn finished second for the Ferrari team and his teammates Umberto Maglioli and José Froilán González came in third.
Among the spectators at this race was 14-year-old future Indianapolis 500 winner and Formula 1 World Champion Mario Andretti. [1]
Team | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyre |
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![]() | 2 | ![]() | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 2.0 L6 | P |
![]() | 6 | ![]() | Ferrari 625 F1 | Ferrari 625 2.5 L4 | |
![]() | 8 | ![]() | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 2.0 L6 | |
![]() | 10 | ![]() | Vanwall | Vanwall 254 2.5 L4 | |
![]() | 12 | ![]() | Mercedes-Benz W196 | Mercedes M196 2.5 L8 | C |
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16 | ![]() | ||||
![]() | 18 | ![]() | Maserati 250F | Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 | P |
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28 | ![]() | ||||
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Ferrari 553 | Ferrari 554 2.5 L4 | |
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38 | ![]() | ||||
40 | ![]() | ||||
![]() | 42 | ![]() | Gordini T16 | Gordini 23 2.5 L6 | E |
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46 | ![]() | ||||
Source: [2] |
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | |
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1 | 16 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:59.0 | — | |
2 | 34 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:59.2 | + 0.2 | |
3 | 28 | ![]() | Maserati | 1:59.3 | + 0.3 | |
4 | 14 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:59.6 | + 0.6 | |
5 | 32 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2:00.0 | + 1.0 | |
6 | 22 | ![]() | Maserati | 2:00.2 | + 1.2 | |
7 | 40 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2:00.2 | + 1.2 | |
8 | 12 | ![]() | Mercedes | 2:01.4 | + 2.4 | |
9 | 18 | ![]() | Maserati | 2:01.6 | + 2.6 | |
10 | 24 | ![]() | Maserati | 2:01.7 | + 2.7 | |
11 | 30 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2:02.3 | + 3.3 | |
12 | 44 | ![]() | Gordini | 2:02.4 | + 3.4 | |
13 | 38 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2:03.5 | + 4.5 | |
14 | 20 | ![]() | Maserati | 2:03.5 | + 4.5 | |
15 | 6 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2:04.7 | + 5.7 | |
16 | 10 | ![]() | Vanwall | 2:05.2 | + 6.2 | |
17 | 46 | ![]() | Gordini | 2:05.5 | + 6.5 | |
18 | 42 | ![]() | Gordini | 2:08.0 | + 9.0 | |
19 | 8 | ![]() | Maserati | 2:09.5 | + 10.5 | |
20 | 26 | ![]() | Maserati | 2:11.0 | + 12.0 | |
DNQ | 2 | ![]() | Maserati | 3:47.9 | + 1:48.9 | |
Source: [3] |
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 16 | ![]() | Mercedes | 80 | 2:47:47.9 | 1 | 8 |
2 | 40 | ![]() | Ferrari | 79 | +1 Lap | 7 | 6 |
3 | 38 | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari | 78 | +2 Laps | 13 | 2 3 1 |
4 | 12 | ![]() | Mercedes | 77 | +3 Laps | 8 | 3 |
5 | 30 | ![]() | Ferrari | 75 | +5 Laps | 11 | 2 |
6 | 42 | ![]() | Gordini | 75 | +5 Laps | 18 | |
7 | 10 | ![]() | Vanwall | 75 | +5 Laps | 16 | |
8 | 26 | ![]() | Maserati | 74 | +6 Laps | 20 | |
9 | 18 | ![]() | Maserati | 74 | +6 Laps | 9 | |
10 | 28 | ![]() | Maserati | 71 | +9 Laps | 3 | |
11 | 8 | ![]() | Maserati | 70 | +10 Laps | 19 | |
Ret | 34 | ![]() | Ferrari | 48 | Engine | 2 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() | Maserati | 42 | Clutch | 6 | |
Ret | 14 | ![]() | Mercedes | 36 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 24 | ![]() | Maserati | 34 | Suspension | 10 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() | Maserati | 32 | Transmission | 14 | |
Ret | 32 | ![]() | Ferrari | 16 | Gearbox | 5 | |
Ret | 6 | ![]() | Ferrari | 16 | Engine | 15 | |
Ret | 46 | ![]() | Gordini | 13 | Transmission | 17 | |
Ret | 44 | ![]() | Gordini | 2 | Engine | 12 | |
DNQ | 2 | ![]() | Maserati | Did not qualify | |||
Source: [4] |
Pos | Driver | Points | |
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![]() | 1 | ![]() | 42 (53 1⁄7) |
![]() | 2 | ![]() | 25 1⁄7 (26 9⁄14) |
![]() | 3 | ![]() | 17 |
![]() | 4 | ![]() | 16 9⁄14 |
![]() | 5 | ![]() | 10 |
Source: [5] |
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